Doughout Mine Prospect

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011315
MRDS ID D005923
Record type Site
Current site name Doughout Mine Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dugout Mine Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86526, 38.20746 (WGS84)
Elevation 2432
Relative position WNW OF WATER TANK IN SEC 14 T 30 S R 18 W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030S 018W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Needles Range Formation;Granodiorite Porphyry Stock
    Rock description Needles Range Formation;Granodiorite Porphyry Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Needles Range Formation (Host)
    Rock description Needles Range Formation (Host)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86526, 38.20746

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Laramide Basement
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera?

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones In Vertical Veins Up To 40 Feet Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer James Haslam
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Washington/Indian Peak

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. A. Mckenzie
  • Type Owner
    Owner James Haslam

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN PIT & SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W R, 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL 1005.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F D, & WILSON, S R, 1951, INVEST OF THE COUGAR SPAR FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UT: USBM RI 4820

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F D, & WILSON, S R, 1950, INVEST OF J B FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UTAH: USBM RI 4726

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references